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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 4088968, member: 75525&quot;]One of my favorite cast coins is this Teruncius (a 3 dot coin in a series where the full sized coin is a 10 dot, 4th pic below).</p><p>[ATTACH]1065290[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1065291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1065292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1065293[/ATTACH] </p><p>APULIA, Luceria. Circa 217-212 BC. Teruncius (Bronze, 27mm, 24.31 g), reduced weight series.</p><p>Obv - Star of eight rays on raised disk.</p><p>Rev - Dolphin right; above, three pellets (mark of value); below, L; all on raised disk.</p><p>HN Italy 677c.</p><p>Thurlow-Vecchi 283. Very fine.</p><p>Vecchi 347</p><p>AG 140, plate 15 #4</p><p>Haberlin p 189, wt range 18.5 to 35.2 g</p><p>Garrucci Plate LXIV, #12 &amp; 13, reduced series</p><p>From a Czech collection, sold by Karel Chaura, Prague (1869-1945).</p><p><br /></p><p>the second one is an Anonymous Æ Aes Grave Triens; Thunderbolt / Dolphin – Cr 14/3</p><p>[ATTACH]1065294[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1065295[/ATTACH] </p><p>Anonymous Æ Aes Grave Triens (or 1/3 of am As); the coin was cast in Rome (according to Crawford, Thurlow &amp; Vecchi and Rutter) or Campania (according to Sydenham), the period of minting ranges from circa 289 BC for heavier coins to about 245 BC for lighter coins. The obverse has a thunderbolt and four pellets. The reverse has a Dolphin swimming right and below are four pellets. T&amp;V comment that the thunderbolt is an attribute of Jupiter, the chief god of the Romans and the dolphin is an attribute of Neptune. The coin weighs 94.91 grams and has a diameter of 49 mm. A small piece of the coin is missing. The reverse is at 10:00 relative to the obverse. </p><p>Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage - 14/3 </p><p><br /></p><p>thanks for asking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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